Adjustable dress-form.



1. F. DINN.

ADJUSTABLE DRESS FORM.

Ammnon nun m 19 nu Patented May 4, 1915.

lnvsn'tor.

James F. Dinn, WWW 1W Aity's.

Witnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. DINN, OF PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO HALL-BORCHEBTDRESS FORM COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE DRESS-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, James F. DINN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Washington county of Nassau, State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Adjustable Dress-Forms, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawin is aspecification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to dress forms and particularly to that typehaving adjustable shoulder sections capable of adjustment for broadeningand narrowing the shoulders without varyin the size of the waist line.

The ob'ect 0% the invention is to provide a novel ress form of this typehaving) a sim le but efiicient means for ad'usta ly hol ing the shouldersections in t eir a justed position.

In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated inthe drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described,after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Figure 1 is a view of the front half of the form looking from theinside; Fig. 2 is a view of the rear half of the form looking from theinside; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line a:m, Fi 1.

The dress form is of that known ty e which is made of papier-mfich andis divided in sections that are adjustable relative to each other therebto change the relative size and shape of the form. The form is supportedon a central standard 3 in usual manner and it is divided verticallythrough the shoulders to form the front and rear halves shown in Fi s. 1and 2, respectively, and is also divided horizontally below theshoulders thereby to provide a hip and waist portion below the divisionline and a neck and shoulder portion above the division line. The hipand waist portion is divided vertically to provide a plurality of hipsections 4, there being four such sections in the present embodiment ofthe invention. The shoulder and neck portion of the form is dividedvertically in such a way as to form front and rear shoulder sections oneach side of the form and the front and rear neck sections. In thepresent embodiment there are four neck sections 6, 5; 6, 6; 5, 5designating the front neck sections, and 6, 6 the rear neck sections.There are also front and rear shoulder sections at each side of theform, the front shoulder sections being designated 7 and the rearshoulder sections 8. The neck sections are held in their adjustedpositions in any suitable way, as by means of a clamping nut 9 at theupper end of the standard 3. In order to make a form of this sortpracticable, provision must be made for adjusting the shoulder sectionsout and in to broaden the shoulders without chan ing the waist line, andthis is accomplished herein by an adjustable connection between theupper end of each shoulder section and the adjacent neck section and anadjustable pivotal connection between the lower portion of each shouldersection and one of the hip sections. As herein shown each shouldersection has at its upper end an adjustable connection 10 which is hereinshown as a slotted link or plate rigidly secured to the shoulder sectionand overlyin the neck section, said connection being adjustably securedto the neck section by a clamping bolt 11. At the lower end of eachshoulder section is an adjustable connection 12 in the form of a slottedlink which adj ustably connects the shoulder section to a hip section.This connection 12 is shown as pivotally connected at 13 to the upperpart of the hip section and as extending in a diagonal or inclineddirection over the shoulder section and being adjustabl secured theretoby a clamping bolt 14. ach shoulder section is also adjustably connectedto a hip section under the arms, and as shown in Fig. 3, this connectionis made by a slotted link 15 which may be permanently secured at one endeither to the hi section or the shoulder section and adjusta ly securedto the other section.

As shown in the drawings, the link 15 for the rear shoulder section isshown as permanently connected to the shoulder section and overlies thehip section 4, it being adj ustably secured thereto by a clamping screw16. while the connection 15 for the front shoulder section is shown aspermanently connected to the front hip section 4 and as overlying theshoulder section and adjustably secured thereto by a clamping screw 16Another connection 17 connects the two shoulder sections at their loweredge, thus permitting them to be moved toward or from each other. Eachneck section is also preferably connected to the hip section by aslotted connecting member 19, and as herein shown each connection 19 ispermanentlv connected to the hip section and adjustably connected to theneck section by a clamping screw 20. The hi sections are adjustablyconnected at their lower ends in any suitable way.

In a. form of this type the hip sections can be firmly held in theirdesired position and by connecting the lower ends of the shouldersections directly to the hip sections instead of to the neck sections, Irovide a construction by which the shoul er portions of the form aremore firmly and securely held than if they were connected to the necksections. Moreover, by this construction I reduce the number ofadjustable connections necessary to hold the sections of the form firmlyin their adjusted position. It will be noted that the horizontaldivision line is higher at the front and back of the form than it is atthe sides of the form. The advantage of this is that the points 13-wherethe connections 12 for the lower ends of the shoulder sections areconnected to the hip sections are situated sulliciently above the loweredge of the shoulder sections so that the connections 12 can have anearly horizontal position, as shown in the drawings. The lower ends ofthe shoulder sections are thus braced laterally as well as verticallyand are firmly held in their desired position.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 2- 1. In adress form the combination with a body ortion divided horizontally belowthe shou ders and vertically below said horizontal division to presenthip sections and also vertically above said horizontal division topresent front and rear neck sections and separate front and rearshoulder sections on each side, of means adjustably connecting the upperportion of each shoulder section to the neck section, and meansconstituting a direct pivotal connection between the lower inner cornerof each shoulder section and the hip section.

2. In a dress form the combination with a body ortion dividedhorizontally below the shou ders and vertically below said horizontaldivision to present hip sections, and also above said horizontaldivision to present front and rear neck sections and separate front andrear shoulder sections, of means adj ustably connecting the upperportion of each shoulder section to the adjacent neck section, and aconnectin member adj ustably connected to the inner l ower corner ofeach shoulder section and pivotally connected directly to the adjacenthip section at a point beyond the division line between said shouldersection and the adjacent neck section.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. DINN.

Witnesses:

Nona S. OLsnN, FRANK GARCIA.

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